Lawrence Baron

Laurie Baron

Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.

He writes two satire columns for San Diego Jewish World: “Humoring the Headlines” under his byline, and “Hounding the Headlines,” under the byline of his dog Elona.

A hearty thank you to SDJW’s August contributors

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of August, San Diego Jewish World was privileged to publish works by the following writers and photographers.   We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and to publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name into the […]

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Barry Shaw, Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Edwin Black, Eileen Wingard, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Humoring the headlines: August 26, 2015

By Laurie Baron MARGATE CITY, New Jersey–Donald Trump ejected Univision anchor Jorge Ramos from a campaign rally for asking a question about Trump’s plan to deport 11,000,000 undocumented aliens.  Although Trump allowed Ramos to return, the Donald was overheard saying, “Only 10,999,999 left!” * A Colorado judge sentenced James Eagan Holmes to 12 life terms

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Humoring the headlines: August 4, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Koch Brothers summoned five Republican presidential candidates to compete for their endorsement and funding.  Charles Koch compared the conservative activism of him and his brother to the civil rights movement.  Under the banner of “Rich Lives Matter More,” the brothers and the candidates sang the anthem of their cause:

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

SDJW thanks its July 2015 contributors

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – During the month of July, San Diego Jewish World was privileged to publish works by the following writers and photographers.   We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and publicly express our appreciation. To access works by these contributors on San Diego Jewish World, type or copy their name

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Donald H. Harrison, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Eileen Wingard, Eric George Tauber, Eva Trieger, Fred Reiss, EdD, Ira Sharkansky, Lawrence Baron, Lloyd Levy, Mark D. Zimmerman, Michael Ordman, Mimi Pollack, Natasha Josefowitz, Sheryl Rowling, Shor M. Masori, Shoshana Bryen, Steve Kramer

Humoring the headlines: July 13, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Donald Trump claimed that “corrupt Mexican officials obviously let” drug cartel kingpin El Chapo” escape through an elaborate mile long tunnel.  Now Trump faces a dilemma: he either must build his wall between the Mexican-American border both upward and downward or force Mexico to delegate the administration of prison tunnels

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Humoring the headlines: July 9, 2015

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Latinos now outnumber non-Hispanic whites in California.  Based on that statistic, all the television news networks project that any Republican candidate but Donald Trump will win the state’s presidential primary next June. * The talent agency that handled Bill Cosby has dropped him.  All of his concerts have been cancelled.  On

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